Category: TV

It’s been almost a decade since Netflix revolutionized how we watch and talk about TV. They started by obtaining rights to an extensive archive of classic TV shows, including Friends, Lost, and The Office, just to name a few. And boy, did they launch their original content off with a bang; House of Cards, followed…

Former CIA operative Dan Chase (Jeff Bridges) has been living off the grid for 30 years when an assassin breaks into his home. They have finally come for him. FBI Assistant Director, Harold Harper (John Lithgow), alerts Chase that he’s being hunted and gives him one last chance: either disappear once and for all or…

“Backup. What backup? We have 50 tribal officers for over 27,000 square miles.” Dark Winds captures the isolation of the Navajo Nation in 1971 amidst the murder of two native residents. At the same time, a brazen bank robbery in Gallup, N.M. and the getaway helicopter has brought that investigation onto tribal lands and the…

The Man Who Fell to Earth. Of course, David Bowie comes right to mind. The 1976 film he starred in as an alien arriving on Earth with a mission to save his planet. Nicolas Roeg directed the film based on the 1963 novel by Walter Tevis, who also wrote The Hustler, The Color of Money…

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window. If you don’t crack up over the title, this limited series on Netflix may not be for you. And even if you do, the show is not for everyone. Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars) stars as Anna, a heartbroken woman home alone…

A short walk to the corner coffee shop is like entering a war zone for Harrison. Jack calls his boss an idiot and loses his job. Violet is looking for love in all the wrong places. This is life for the three twenty-somethings who share an apartment and aim to get a job, keep the…

It’s clear from the first seconds that Sex Education will indeed be about sex. While the opening R-rated scene shows the most skin of any in the series, most episodes kick off with some sort of sexual union or attempt at one. The teens of Moordale Secondary School in England are consumed by sex: thinking…

Seven public assistance programs, nine moves, 338 toilets cleaned, and two stints at the Domestic Violence shelter. Such is life for Alex (Margaret Qualley, The Leftovers) as she escapes an abusive relationship and struggles to provide for her three-year-old daughter, Maddy. She works as a maid while trying to navigate the red tape of governmental…

Some of the best American TV shows were based on foreign programs. In some cases, the original program was well known, in others unknown. The American versions sometimes take on a life of their own making the foreign originals a footnote. The wide world of TV is an oyster for American producers looking for compelling…

A girl being chased through a snow-covered forest is suddenly impaled by falling into a hole filled with large, sharp sticks. Fast forward 25 years and a journalist asks, “what really happened out there?” This is the enticing and foreboding opening of Showtime’s Yellowjackets, the network’s latest outstanding contribution to Sunday night TV. It just…